The "e" response to TeX error in fptex

[Joergen Larsen]

> 
> When you use tetex and it encounters a TeX error, answering with an "e"
> to the prompt will get you to the default editor which I found out is
> notepad in fptex. 
> How can I customize its behaviour? 
> My intention is to use the pfe editor so that I can get to the line
> where the error occurs; notepad just get you to the start of the tex
> source file.

You should define an environment variable TEXEDIT containing a call 
of the desired editor, e.g. (my setting)

TEXEDIT=y:\tex\editors\pfe\pfe32.exe /g %d %s




Jørgen




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